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A Red Motorcycle With Least Meaning

it is raining.

this is the first rain for the month of June
in Katipunan

i sit facing a screen
i press words

i look through a glass window
much older than my being here,

out there
the mango tree is heavy with its fruits

under its shade is
a red motorcycle beside a hollow block fence
which separates a dilapidated house
from the public market

a woman holds a blue umbrella
walks slowly along the pavement

it is still raining

cats and dogs, and the red motorcycle is wet all over.

it is inanimate and everyone
takes it for granted.

among those that i have enumerated
perhaps it must be the one with the least meaning.

the day is crying
and the woman with the blue umbrella is unaffected.

inside this room
with a glass window as protection
i am sifting
what meaning is there

for this rainy day.

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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